Financial distress as a moderating variable of the influence of audit opinion and public accounting firm size on voluntary auditor switching

Purpose - This study aims to examine the effect of financial distress as a moderator of the effect of audit opinion and public accounting firm (KAP) size on auditor switching in companies listed on the Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) for the 2014-2019 period.Method - This study uses a sample of companies listed on the Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) for the 2014-2019 period. The number of companies sampled in this study were 12 companies. In this study, the researchers used a quantitative type of model and used the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16 for analyzing the data.Result - The results show that audit opinion and public accounting firm size have no effect on auditor switching, financial distress is not able to moderate the effect of audit opinion with auditor switching, and financial distress is not able to moderate the relationship between public accounting firm size and auditor switching.Implication - For stakeholders in motivating management to retain or replace auditors from various factors that are considered including audit opinion, public accounting firm size and financial distress.Originality - The object used in this study is a list of companies registered on JII. There is a 2-year additional period from the previous study, which was 4 years to 6 years. The measuring instrument for the financial distress variable used in this study is the Altman Z-score.

The role of the sharia supervisory board in the relationship of third-party fund and profits

Purpose - This study aims to find empirical evidence of the effect of growth of Third-Party Funds (TPF) on profit growth with the role of the Sharia Supervisory Board (SSB) as moderator in Islamic banks in Indonesia.Method - This research is an associative research with a quantitative approach that used Panel Data Regression and Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA) as the data analysis methods. The research sample was 58 annual financial reports from 14 Islamic Commercial Banks in Indonesia.Result - TPF had a significant positive effect on bank profit growth, but the role of the SSB could not moderate the growth of TPF on the profit growth of Islamic banks.Implication - The implications of this research can strengthen the belief that Islamic banks need to improve the quality of their services and products to maintain the trust of customers and prospective customers to place their funds in Islamic banks.Originality - The difference in this study when compared to other studies is the role of the Sharia Supervisory Board which is positioned as a moderating variable for the growth of Third-Party Funds on profit growth.

Analysis of the influence of intellectual capital and bank risk on the performance of maqashid sharia based Islamic banking in Indonesia

Purpose - This study aims to determine the effect of intellectual capital and bank risk on the performance of maqashid sharia based Islamic banking in Indonesia (An empirical study on Islamic Commercial Banks registered in Financial Services Authority (OJK) in 2017-2019).Method - This study used secondary data and used the multiple linear regression analysis method. The sample used was the purposive sampling method with the results of 12 Islamic Commercial Bank (BUS) as a sample of 14 BUS populations.Result - The results of this study stated that iB-VACA had a significant adverse effect on MSI variable; iB-VAHU had a positive but not significant effect on MSI variable; iB-STVA had an insignificant negative effect on MSI variable; CAR had an insignificant negative effect on MSI variable, and FDR had a positive but not significant effect on MSI variable.Implication - Islamic banking is advised to optimize its intangible assets and estimate the risks that will occur, as well as to pay attention to its sharia objectives to increase company value and performance.Originality - The secondary data source of this research is obtained from the official website of OJK, and financial report data is obtained from the website of each BUS.

The role of religiosity on the relationship between task complexity, experience and audit judgement

Purpose - The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of task complexity and experience on audit judgment with religiosity as moderator on the auditors of the Inspectorate of Semarang Regency and Salatiga City.Method - The data collection of this research was primary by using a questionnaire. The population in this study were all auditors of the Inspectorate of Semarang Regency and Salatiga City. The selection of samples in this study used the purposive sampling technique and selected 45 auditors. The data was processed using IBM Statistics SPSS version 23. The data analysis in this study included the research instrument test (validity and reliability test), classical assumption test (normality, heteroscedasticity, and multicollinearity test), F-test, t-test, and MRA test.Result - The results showed that task complexity and experience partially had a positive and significant effect on audit judgment. The MRA test showed that religiosity did not moderate the effect of task complexity and experience on audit judgment in the auditors of the Inspectorate of Semarang Regency and Salatiga City.Implication - It is expected that auditors consider the religiosity in making audit judgment.Originality - This research is the first study that uses religiosity as a moderator in the relationship between task complexity and experience on audit judgment.

The role of social assistance program on management accounting practice

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to determine the procurement of social assistance program on management accounting practice of MSMEs in food industry sector in Semarang during the Covid-19 pandemic.Method - The population in this study was 17,602 MSMEs in Semarang. The research samples were 144 MSMEs in the food industry sector in Semarang obtained using a non-random sampling technique with a purposive sampling method. The data were then processed using descriptive analysis, data quality test, classic assumption test, simple regression analysis, and hypothesis test with IBM SPSS 25 software.Result - The results show that procurement of social assistance program affected management accounting practice of MSMEs in the food industry sector in Semarang during the Covid-19 pandemic.Implication - The results show that with the support provided by the government and financial institutions in the form of social assistance programs to MSMEs had positive impacts by encouraging MSMEs to implement management accounting practices during the covid-19 pandemic.Originality - Procurement of Social Assistance Program is an independent variable which is later expected to be able to overcome MSME problems due to the financing faced by MSMEs in Semarang in response to the impact of Covid-19 pandemic.

Ownership structure and loan quality of deposit money banks in Nigeria

Purpose - This study examined the effect of Ownership Structure (Management Shareholding and Ownership Concentration) on the loan quality (LDR) of banks in Nigeria for a period of 10 years (2008-2017). The study utilized data extracted from the annual reports of the fourteen (14) studied banks.Method - Robustness tests were carried out to determine: the existence or otherwise of multi-collinearity, fitness of the model and appropriate regression analysis for the study. Descriptive statistics, correlation and Fixed Effect GLS regression were used to describe and analyze the data.Result - The study found that, ownership structure (ownership concentration and management shareholding) has significant negative effect on loan quality of banks in Nigeria.Implication - The implications of this research is that increased ownership concentration as well as management shareholding can strengthen banks’ loan quality owing to reduced proportion of depositors funds used to finance loan. This could spur confidence in the bank by the general public with regards to the safety of their deposits.Originality - This study is different from other studies that concentrated on the use of ownership structure in relations to various financial performance measurements such as ROA, ROE, NPM among other. In this study, effort was made to consider the financial health of banks owing to the nature of their business (loan).

The effect of sharia share selection based on financial ratio and corporate governance mechanism on the quality of company profit

Purpose - This study aims to obtain empirical evidence regarding the effect of Islamic stock selection based on financial ratios (debt to assets ratio, debt to equity ratio, non-halal income ratio) and corporate governance mechanisms (managerial ownership, independent commissioners, institutional ownership, audit committee) on company earnings quality.Method - The population of this research is all companies that are members of the Indonesian Sharia Stock Index in 2017-2019. The sample selection used purposive sampling method and obtained 67 sample companies. This study uses secondary data with multiple linear regression analysis method.Result - Debt to assets ratio, managerial ownership, institutional ownership, and audit committee have no significant positive effect on earnings quality. The ratio of non-halal income has a negative and significant effect on earnings quality. Meanwhile, the debt to equity ratio and independent commissioners do not have a significant negative effect on earnings quality.Implication - Companies that are members of the Indonesian Sharia Stock Index are expected to be able to improve the quality of their financial reports. On the other hand, investors are expected to find out and study the company's annual report as a material consideration for investment decisions.Originality - The originality of the research is this study intends to develop previous research by examining the selection criteria for sharia shares and corporate governance mechanisms.

Analysis of the implementation of Indonesia Financial Accounting Standards number 109 at the National Management Agency of West Kalimantan Province

Purpose - This research aims to determine the implementation of Indonesia Financial Accounting Standards (PSAK) 109 at the National Zakat Management Agency (Baznas) of West Kalimantan Province.Method - The research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive research method to describe events in the research field, in the form of reports and distribution of Zakat, Infaq and Shadaqah (ZIS) in 2017 and 2018, then compared with PSAK 109. Result - The results showed that the implementation of PSAK 109 in the recognition and measurement section of Baznas in West Kalimantan Province can be stated in accordance with PSAK 109. Meanwhile, the implementation of PSAK 109 in the presentation, disclosure and component of financial statements in Baznas of West Kalimantan Province has not fully implemented PSAK 109 as a whole.Implication - The implication of this research is expected to help Baznas of West Kalimantan Province in implementing PSAK 109 so that public trust can increase in the management of ZIS funds.Originality - The uniqueness of this research compared to several previous researches can be seen from the object of research that was first conducted at Baznas of West Kalimantan Province and the research used the data in the last 2 years.

The influence of intellectual capital, good corporate governance and accounting conservatism on company’s financial performance

Purpose - This research aimed to determine the effect of intellectual capital, good corporate governance (board of commissioners, independent commissioners and managerial ownership) and accounting conservatism on company financial performance (study of companies listed on the Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) in 2017-2019).Method - The population in this research was 42 companies registered in JII 2017-2019. Purposive sampling method was used for sample selection and 16 companies were selected. This research used secondary data with multiple regression model data analysis.Result - The results of this research stated that intellectual capital had a positive and significant effect on the company's financial performance. Good corporate governance as measured by the board of commissioners, independent commissioners and managerial ownership had a negative but insignificant effect on the company's financial performance, and accounting conservatism had a positive but insignificant effect on the company's financial performance.Implication - Companies registered in JII are advised to improve the financial performance of their companies, especially those listed in 2017-2019.Originality - The secondary data sources used in this research were obtained from the official website of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI), namely www.idx.co.id.

The influence of debt policies, profitability and corporate social disclosures responsibility to tax agresivity

Purpose - The research objective is to determine the effect of debt policy, profitability, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on tax aggressiveness in mining sector companies listed in the Indonesian Sharia Stock Index for the period 2014-2019.Method - The population of this study was 35 mining companies listed on the Indonesian Sharia Stock Index for 2014-2019. The sample selection in this study used purposive sampling method and 6 companies were selected. The data analysis used multiple linear regression analysis. Three tests were conducted; determinant coefficient test, simultaneous significant test, and partial regression test (T-Test).Result - The results show that debt policy (DAR) has a significant negative effect on tax aggressiveness, Profitability (ROA) has a significant negative effect on tax aggressiveness, and disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has a significant negative effect on tax aggressiveness.Implication - Mining companies registered in the ISSI for the 2014-2019 period have proven that their tax aggressiveness is low, which means they are compliant with tax payments. However, on the other hand, the company must maintain and improve compliance in paying taxes.Originality - This study is the first study using a sharia mining company registered with the ISSI related to tax aggressiveness.